The association between medication or alcohol use and the incidence of frailty: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding potentially modifiable factors that influence the risk of frailty is a key concern for the management of this urgent contemporary public health challenge. This study evaluates the association between the use of various medications or alcohol and the incidence of frailty among older adults.

Methods

This study was a retrospective cohort study on older adults (≥ 65 years) using data from the longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE survey, 28 countries). Medication use was measured as taking several different groups of medications. Alcohol use was assessed with SHARE questions corresponding to AUDIT-C. The outcome measure was the incidence of frailty after two years, defined by frailty index (FI) and frailty phenotype (FP).

SUBMITTER: Jazbar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791729 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature